Sapina Kirpalani, Sapina Kirpalani, DNP, GNP, ANP-BC
Sapina Kirpalani is a board-certified adult geriatric nurse practitioner with over a decade of acute care experience at a tertiary care hospital. Sapina has pioneered various novel projects in her role, including introducing an innovative transitional care geriatric care delivery model MACE (Mobile Acute Care for Elderly), to ensure smooth care coordination, medication reconciliation, disease management, and patient education. Sapina is committed to promoting excellence in geriatric nursing through her continued efforts to mentor and be a resource for the nurses. She is a dedicated preceptor and also serves as adjunct faculty at NYU. She has presented at conferences, including Nurse Practitioners Cardiology Symposium, NYS Nurse Practitioners Association, Webinar on Transitional Care, and the Annual Intensive Update with Board Review in Geriatric and Palliative Medicine CME Course and New State Nurse Practitioner Association. Sapina is passionate about improving delirium care. Her continued efforts to champion delirium in the hospital are evident and persistent. Sapina has gained diverse clinical and leadership knowledge and skills and collaborated on various hospital initiatives and quality projects to improve care for hospitalized older adults. In 2016, Sapina took on a leadership role as the Associate Director of the Hospital Delirium Program and implemented, along with her team, an innovative predictive model delirium risk assessment program for the Mount Sinai Health System. Over the years, Sapina has worked diligently to train champion nurses, volunteers, consulted on complex delirium cases, and disseminated knowledge about the importance of delirium assessment and improved care for older adults across the ICU and medical-surgical units. More recently, Sapina empowered the surgical and transplant ICU nurses and, with the support of the ICU leadership, implemented a translational research-based quality improvement project with a focus on nurse-driven delirium protocol. As a nurse leader and clinician, Sapina strives to learn the latest updates in delirium research and clinical best practices and strongly advocates for patients and families.
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Type of financial relationship:There are no financial relationships to disclose.Date added:05/03/2023Date updated:06/08/2024